Changes: Minolta AL-F

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Minolta launched this rangefinder camera in 1967. It had an automatic mode for flash photography ("Easy Flash"). Therefore it had a guide number selector. A hot shoe for the flash gave further ease of flash usage. For manual exposure selection it offered shutter priority mode with preselection of five exposure times from 1/30 sec to 1/500 sec. The frame viewfinder was coupled to a superimposed rangefinder and had a mechanical horizontal parallax correction. For vertical parallax only a parallax arrow. The CdS exposure meter's aperture value proposal for the automatic aperture was visible through the finder, at the right side of the viewfinder image. The lens, a Rokkor 1:2,7/38mm, had only 4 elements in three groups, and a Seiko shutter. The meter's "eye" was placed within the filter ring of the lens. This camera requires a battery to function. It was originally designed to take a PX13 or PX625 mercury battery, but nowadays a 1.35v MRB625 Wein Cell would be required.

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Minolta AL-F, Minolta AL-F and Notice on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
Minolta AL-F at The Camera Site by Reijo Lauro

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-[[Minolta]] launched this rangefinder camera in 1967. It had an automatic mode for flash photography ("Easy Flash"). Therefore it had a [[guide number]] selector. A hot shoe for the flash gave further ease of flash usage. For manual exposure selection it offered shutter priority mode with preselection of five exposure times from 1/30 sec to 1/500 sec. The frame viewfinder was coupled to a superimposed rangefinder and had a mechanical horizontal [[parallax]] correction. For vertical parallax only a parallax arrow. The CdS exposure meter's aperture value proposal for the automatic aperture was visible through the finder, at the right side of the viewfinder image. The lens, a [[Rokkor]] 1:2,7/38mm, had only 4 elements in three groups, and a Seiko shutter. The meter's "eye" was placed within the filter ring of the lens.
+[[Minolta]] launched this rangefinder camera in 1967. It had an automatic mode for flash photography ("Easy Flash"). Therefore it had a [[guide number]] selector. A [[hot shoe]] for the flash gave further ease of flash usage. For manual exposure selection it offered [[shutter priority]] mode with preselection of five exposure times from 1/30 sec to 1/500 sec. The frame viewfinder was coupled to a superimposed [[rangefinder (device)|rangefinder]] and had a mechanical horizontal [[parallax]] correction. For vertical parallax only a parallax arrow. The [[CdS]] [[Light meter|exposure meter]]'s aperture value proposal for the automatic aperture was visible through the finder, at the right side of the viewfinder image. The lens, a [[Rokkor]] 1:2,7/38mm, had only 4 elements in three groups, and a Seiko shutter. The meter's "eye" was placed within the filter ring of the lens.
-This camera requires a battery to function. It was originally designed to take a PX13 or PX625 mercury battery, but nowadays a 1.35v MRB625 Wein Cell would be required.
+This camera requires a battery to function. It was originally designed to take a PX13 or [[PX625]] [[Mercury Cells|mercury battery]], but nowadays a 1.35v MRB625 Wein Cell would be required.
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